Matt Welch Explains Why the Tea Party and Libertarians Cant Support Mitt Romney on Fox's Cavuto

Reason Magazine Editor-in-Chief Matt Welch appeared on Fox Business Channel's Cavuto to discuss whether libertarian and other small government conservatives would support Mitt Romney if he got the Republican nomination. Matt thinks we still have alternatives to the big government conservative, who he thinks can't and wont really cut any spending.

ir Date: 1/13/2012.

Approximately 5 minutes.

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[peaceliberty4all]

Ron Paul is the only canidate who is not dangerous.

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."

James Madison

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."

Patrick Henry

[joffeloff]

who gives a shit if he's 'electable'? electing mitt romney will make NO DIFFERENCE. what's the point in nominating a guy who basically agrees with Obama on every single issue? is it so you get to vote for a person with a red tie instead of a blue? someone with a cute elephant on their lapel instead of a donkey? what?

[astrofrk]

Imagine President Romney standing next to the First Lady, the Second Lady, the Third Lady... or, should we call them all "First Lady"? Oh, I'm so confused!

[RonPaulKicksAss]

@thatlogicalguy Fuck the Project for the New American Century, the Foreign Policy Initiative, CFR, and AIPAC! Go away, troll!

[stevemcgee99]

Cavuto - would you stab your mother or father in the neck? C'mon, I'm being hypothetical - but go ahead and tell the world your answer.

[UTubekookdetector]

MMI: Interesting viewpoint and I largely concur. That's why I won't vote for Mitt or Newt, period.

[Shonenut213]

Fuck Nicki Haley. Send that illegal whore back to India!

[thebigoneisbig]

ROFL - Just another Crony-Corporate Robot from the 'libertarian' tea party nonsense. What gibberish; Ron Paul or nothing... otherwise they are just all the same.

[mmille10]

@UTubekookdetector

It's more than that. What it indicates is that most of the politically active people in America want bigger government. I think it's America that needs to be punished. I mean, I know that includes us (duh!), but the way I see it, the worse punishment we get, sooner, for having mistaken ideas about what we want government to be, the better, and I think Obama is just the man to give it to us. Make it too easy, and the frog cooks to death without putting up a fight.

[UTubekookdetector]

1:22 Even Medicare Actuary Richard Foster knew these Medicare "cuts" contained in ObamaCare were illusory. They have NO intention of actually cutting Medicare, they "scheduled" a cut, but only as a smokescreen to keep ObamaCare deficit-neutral, when everyone knows it isn't and won't be.

[HyperMediaNews]

@dlstb

OWS has many clowns and idiots within their cause, but that can be said of the Tea Party, Libertarian/GOP people like Ron Paul, but how does society move away from the destruction and fraud from the Bush and Obama Decade? What forces needs to align to realistically change the way things are? I hope a third party unites people against the GOP and Democratic abuses.

[dlstb]

@Stammreich4Senate As a Marine veteran and Libertarian, I can tell that you have no sense of the history between the US and the middle east. Did you know that our CIA helped throw out an elected Iranian president who was replaced by the Shah. And don't forget that Sadaam Hussein was handpicked and groomed for his position by the CIA. It has taken decades to get these things public, so just imagine what they are doing right now. Do you think we are really leaving them alone?

[dlstb]

@HyperMediaNews OWS is in favor of putting further regulation on business via gov't action but they completely miss the reason why it even exist in the first place. The gov't is too large and thinks it can do too much with the money it "legally" steals from the citizens. OWS does nothing to counter this and in fact wants to make welfare and taxes even higher. This will not lead to prosperity or equality. They are diametrically opposed to their own goals.

[StatelessEuphoria]

Good to see Welch has taken a break from writing hit pieces on Ron Paul so he could come on the show.

[greyed]

@SnoweyMan111 Nope, that's not what I said at all. Yes, it's broken. But doing *anything* is not the same as doing *the right thing*. Furthermore government is not always the answer. So sometimes the best way to fix the problem is to get government out of the way. You can't do that with compromise between two parties who both want to expand the scope of government. In that situation what's the best you can hope for? That they deadlock and government doesn't expand. It's not a hard concept.

[nanciesweb]

Does anyone know why Romney is so popular? I thought for sure that Santorum would have come far ahead because of his "ultra conservative" views. Not that I like any of them (I'm more for Ron Paul), but I have yet to find a site that isn't funded by Mitt's campaign or his pacts.

I can find a lot of positive on Santorum and every other candidate in forums and Youtube, but nothing on Romney. I honestly can't figure out how he's even winning.

[psurge38]

Ron Paul will need to run on a third party ticket! He needs to move away from the Republican party ASAP!

[SnoweyMan111]

@greyed "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

That's a terrible idea if you want progress.

And that is all I'm ever going to say to you.

[fender7802]

Alright Matt Welch!! And credit must be given to Neil Cavuto for giving the opportunity for this side of the argument to be heard! We are making progress people!!

[sleedolfine15]

@Sondre7 Our massive debt is the number one issue and Mitt Romney has no credible plan to cut the debt. No one lacking such a plan is a serious candidate and only Ron Paul has a detailed and realistic plan to balance the budget(He would do it in 3 years).

[sleedolfine15]

@Stammreich4Senate The GOP has running for president several candidates--only one of whom(Ron Paul)has a serious plan to deal with this country's number one issue--the debt. In Neoconland you people believe that if we bomb and occupy other people's countries,impose tyrants over them and generally intrude where we don't belong that everybody will looovve us. It's one thing to fight the bully in a playground where you belong and it's another to occupy someone else's backyard.

[Sondre7]

Mitt Romney is much more business friendly, more more free trade and cant be much worse then Obama on other issues. Mitt got my vote

[5that1dude5]

No. Ron Paul is the only one who can do it. We need him more than he needs us.

[x2f01mick]

@HyperMediaNews Gov't fraud not Corp. There is no incentive for a Corp to commit fraud, none. There is incentive to 'regulate' your own industry through lobbying to gain market share and "earn' subsidies. Need to make insider trading for congress illegal. Make public service a sacrifice for country, not a ticket to easy street. But that'll never happen as it is.

[x2f01mick]

@Stammreich4Senate Your strawman critique of Paul is transparent. Classical liberalism is Libertarianism so the ad hominem "liberal" label is stupid. causal relationships are beyond you, except when you need to change the argument with ad hominem attacks that, as I stated are ... fuck look up logical fallacies yourself. Empty ass arguments from an empty mind. Suck a chainsaw please.

[Stammreich4Senate]

So this guy wants the GOP to do his job of putting up a strong candidate to challenge Obama, but will weaken them (by not voting) if he's not perfect? How about YOUR party put up a candidate who doesn't smoke pot and who has a grasp of the world as IT IS, not what your WISH IT TO BE?! I would LOVE to live in the Libertarian world; where terrorists leave us alone if we leave them alone - Exactly what liberal teachers tell kids while the schoolyard bully beats them up every day! "Liber(al)tarians"

[HyperMediaNews]

@dlstb

Occupy theoretically would be in favor of destroying lobbying and tax evasion from wall street and hence demand more accountability for taxpayer revenue. Corp fraud is what fuels gov instability and inefficiency, so OWS, Tea Party and Libertarians need to get on the same page and vote out all the millionaire crooks and replace them with people that demand accountability!